Lesson 28 of 100 · Listening

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Fast Beats and Slow Beats (Part 2)

🎵Stage Brief #28

Tap the table with your fingers to the beat.

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Music is a body thing. Don't just learn it — feel it.

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Your ears are smarter than your eyes. Trust them.

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Learn about fast beats and slow beats (part 2): understand the role of the conductor in keeping the beat

What You'll Learn

Tap the table with your fingers to the beat. Can you keep going without stopping?

Understand the role of the conductor in keeping the beat

Practice with a metronome

Notes on the Staff

Tap a note to hear it

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

Can music make you feel happy?

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Where you hear this in real life

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Stretch Challenge

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Listen to one piece of music today with FULL attention. No phone, no scrolling.

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For the dinner table

“What's a song that always makes you feel something? Why?”

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